In terms of specific stressful industries, retail workers are the most stressed, with public sector employees not far behind. The sectors reporting the least stress were healthcare and manufacturing workers. Table below:

Overall, out of all the countries surveyed, while Singapore had the lowest levels of job satisfaction (24% said they are extremely or somewhat dissatisfied), workers in Singapore also had the lowest levels of work-related stress, with 22% saying they felt stressed or overwhelmed ‘always’ or ‘most of the time’.

The global average was 27%, and the countries with the most stress were Australia, the UK and the US with 29%.